Ch 16 Cultural_Intellectual

CULTURAL

• productivity of Indian society and vast wealth circulated
• depended on circulation of wealth
• traded silk, pepper, gems, pearls, gold, and cotton
• more trade --> higher market
• volume of trade increased --> other lands also engaged in specialized trade
• textile industries --> influenced structure of Indian economy

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INTELLECTUAL

• used knowledge of monsoon winds to expand trade
• large ships, enabled them to go through rough waters
• Indian morals, ideas, and political principles dominated Asia
• introduction of large scales irrigation systems brought water to arid regions.
• as India became more populated, irrigation created the foundation of a successful economy
• Dhows and junks--large ships involved in maritime trade in Indian Ocean

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